Tail shelf for stereotype plate casting machines



June 16, 1931. H. A. w. woon TAIL SHELF FOR STEREOTYPE PLATE CASTNG MACHINES Filed April 6, 1929 .illllll Il Patented June 16, 1931 u earn sr HENRY A. WISE WOOD, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO WOOD NEINSIEAPEIRIr` MA- CHINERY CORPORATION, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF VIRGINIA TAILv SHELF FOR STEREOTYEE PLATE CASTING MACHINES Application ied April 6, 1929.

This invention relates to a support for receiving the tail when it is cut oft' a plate o the cylinder of a casting machine.

The principal objects of the invention are to provide a shelf in suitable position so that it will support the tail when it is cut away and the operator will have the option to remove the tail or the plate first, as may be convenient; to arrange it in such a position that there will be sufficient room for removing the plate underneath it, and to provide a suitable support for the shelf.-

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings in which Fig. 1 is a plan of an autoplate casting machine showing a preferred form of this invention applied thereto;

F ig. 2 is a side view of the same with the plate shown in section;

Fig. 3 is a front view, and

Fig. d is a plan, similar to Fig. 1, but taken below the shelf with the mold closed and with the plate stripped from the' co're.

This invention is shown as applied to an autoplate machine in which the casting is produced vertically. Only enough of the machine is illustrated to show the relation of this device to it. f

The frame 10 of the machine is, as usual, provided with a track carrying rollers 11 which support a pivoted back 12. The casting core or cylinder 13 is mounted on a stationary axis to rotate from casting position to delivering position and it delivers the plate on the side opposite the back which reciprocates in a vertical position.

The saw 14 for cutting off the tail is shown in its usual position inthis class of machines and capable of moving from the full line to the dotted line position, as shown in Fig. 1, to trim od the tail as the cylinder rotates with the casting thereon. The cutting of the tail by this saw leaves the printing' plate P and the tail Tin the vcondition indicated in full lines in Fig. 2.

Secured to the frame at the end is a bracket 15 extending upwardly and the receiving` shelf 16 is secured at one end to the top of this bracket. The other end is supported by a vertical rod 17, which is firmly secured to Serial No. 353,202.

the bed plate 18. The shelf is supported at such a height that there will be enough space between the shelf and the front plate 19 so that the plate can be removed between them. The shelf is cut away at the point 20 to clear the path of the cutting saw.

The plate is cast and the casting delivered and the tail cut off in the usual way, leaving the tail on the cylinder 13 as indicated in full lines in Fig. 2. The shelf 16 projects just to the outer surface of the plate or tail and is beveled off on the inner edge so that the tail can be simply loosened from the cylinder and pulled forwardly on the shelf which will support it. This leaves the plate l? underneath the shelf but this can be removed ina similar way.

In dotted lines in Fig. 2, both the plate and the tail are shown as being drawn back `from the cylinder. The shelf is supported in horizontal position and firmly secured in place by the supporting devices described. This method of support-ing the tailobviates the need of providing means on the cylinder itself for holding the tail on it. It allows'an operator to remove either the plate or .the

tail first, as, may be convenient for him. The` device is simple and inexpensive and an im-` portant rconvenience to the operator.v v

Although I have illustrated and lescribed only one form of the invention` I am aware of the fact that modifications can be madetherein by any-person skilledyin the art'with.- y

out departing from the scope of the inver;- tion as expressed in the claims Therefore,

I do not wish to be limited in this respect but p Aa saw located in horizontal position for severing the tail from the plate as the cylinder of the mold rotates through a half revolu tion, of a horizontal shelf located at the level of said saw and of a substantially semicylindrical form and extending around the core in position to receive the tail when drawn out horizontally from the cylinder.

3. The combination with a vertical stereotype plate casting machine, of a shelf arranged horizontall to support the tail when drawn forwardly from the cylinder and spaced from the front plate of the casting machine sufficiently to allow the trimmed stereotype plate to be moved out between them.

4. The combination with a vertical stereotype plate casting machine of a. bracket secured to the frame and extending upwardly therefrom, a rod secured to the bed plate and extending upwardly therefrom, a horizontal plate mounted on said bracket and rod at its opposite ends and a rotatable cylinder arranged With its axis between the bracket ant rod.

5. The combination with a stereotype late casting machine having meals for deivering the united tail and plate on the side away from the casting` back and in vertical position, and a saw for cutting the tail from the plate as the plate is delivered, of shelf located in a position to surround the outer side of the cylinder for receiving the tail when it detached from the cylinder, said shelf being relatively thin and supported at its ends only and having a bev-elled edge adjacent the casting whereby said tail and plate may be drawn )ast the bevelled edge with the tail resting on the shelf and the plate underneath Vthe shelf.

6. The combination with a stereotype plate casting machine of the vertical type and a saw located in horizontal position for severingr the tail from the plate as the cylinder of the mold rotates through a half revolution, of a horizontal shelf located at the level of said saw and of a substantially semi cylindrical form and extending around the core in. position to receive the tail when drawn out horizontally from the cylinder, said shelf having a bevelled forward edge to facilitate reception of the tail, sait shelf being supported at its end only and of snch thinness as to permit passage of the plate to a position beneath the shelf.

7 The combination with a vertical stereotype plate casting machine of a shelf arranged horizontally to support the tail when drawn forwardly from the cylinder and spaced from the front plate of the casting machine sniiciently to allow the trimmed stereotype plate to be moved out between them, said shelf having a bevelled forward edge to facilitate passage of the tail onto the shelf.

8. The combination with a vertical stereotype plate casting machine, of a bracket secured to the frame and extending upwardly therefrom, a rod secured to the bed plate and extending upwardly therefrom, a horizontal plate having a bevelled forward edge mounted on said bracket and rod, at its opposite ends and a rotatable cylinder arranged with its axis between the bracket and the rod.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

HENRY A. l/VISE WOOD.

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